Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development ProgramChris Allen of NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate speaks with representatives from commercial companies during a tour of the Acoustics and Noise Control Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Acoustics Lab ensures safe, healthy, and habitable vehicle acoustic environments. Participants also had the opportunity to visit the Lighting Lab, Center for Design and Space Architecture, and Audio Development Lab.
Earlier this month, the agency’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program hosted a technical interchange meeting at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Commercial companies in attendance included Axiom Space, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Space, SpaceX, Starlab Space, and Vast. “It is exciting to see the enthusiasm from industry partners to better understand the best practices of human systems integration and how to apply them on their low Earth orbit destination designs,” said Dr. Jackelynne Silva-Martinez, Human Health and Performance systems integration lead supporting NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program.
Currently, NASA is supporting the design and development of multiple commercial space stations through funded and unfunded agreements. The design and development phase will be followed by the certification of destinations and the procurement of services.